Meant to Be?

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.

Summary: In Lily Evans's fourth year, she fell in love with James Potter. Nothing ever came of it though, and he transferred to Durmstrang the next year. Finally, after years of trying, Lily believes she's over him, and is looking forward to her seventh year at Hogwarts, especially since this year she has a boyfriend. Yet, what happens when James comes back?

Chapter 1 - It Can't be, Could It?

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"Thanks, speaking of which, I have to go do my Head duties, but I'll see you later, alright," Lily said, kissing him.

"I'll walk you down there," Matt spoke. Lily nodded, indicating it was alright, and the two walked hand-in-hand to the Head's compartment. Matt kissed her goodbye , then walked away. She watched until he was out of her view, then she slide the compartment open, and stood there in shock.

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Her jaw dropped, her eyes went wide, and all she could do was stare. Lily knew that this had to be some kind of horrible nightmare, or something. There was just no bloody possible way he could be right there, in front of her. Sitting down, in the Head Compartment was a young man, about seventeen. He had unruly, jet black hair, that just seemed to fall in his face, no matter what he did with it, and hazel eyes that were hidden behind a pair of round, black glasses. The boy was no other than James Potter.

James looked up, as he saw the compartment door slid open. He had decided to come back to Hogwarts for his final year, mainly because he missed his friends way too much, and Durmstrang was just plain boring. Dumbledore had sent him a letter, stating he was allowed to come back, and for some odd reason, made him become Head Boy. He figured that the person coming in was the Head Girl. He had been right on that predicament, yet he was still in for a surprise. There stood the last person he ever expected to see, Lily Evans. She was staring wide-eyed, and jaw dropped at him. He chuckled at her reaction, inwardly knowing he felt the same.

"Hello Lil," he said.

His voice seemed to break the trance that Lily had been in. She shook her head, to clear her thoughts, as she smiled at him.

"Hello Jay," she replied, as she walked into the compartment, "It's been awhile."

"Yeah," he replied sheepishly. Lily felt an odd feeling forming at the pit of her stomach, yet couldn't identify what it was. She shrugged it off as nerves about being Head Girl, and decided to make some kind of small talk with James.

"Do Remus, Peter, and Sirius know you're back?" she asked him.

"Yeah, they found out at the beginning of the summer. Ree and Dre knew too, but I haven't seen them yet," he replied.

Lily was about to burst. She stood up, and tightened her ponytail, then she turned to James and said, "I'll be right back, then we can start the train rounds."

"Alright," he answered, watching her walk out of the room.

Lily walked down the corridor of the train, got to her friends compartment, and threw the door open. Sirius, Remus, Peter, Ree, and Dre all stopped what they were doing, and stared at the flaming redhead. Dre stood up, knowing that Lily had found out. "Hey Lily. How was the rounds?"

"Forget the bloody rounds, Andrea! You knew that Potter was back, let alone Head Boy, and you didn't tell me?!" Lily screamed at them. The three boys backed away slowly, hoping that she wouldn't notice, all knowing what would happen if Lily got mad. "Oh, no, don't think the three of you are going anywhere. You're as guilty as they are," she said, pointing to the two girls.

"Now, Lily, calm down. It's no big thing-" Sirius stared, only to be interrupted by Lily's shouting.

"NO BIG THING, NO BIG THING!!! HOW COULD THIS NOT BE A BIG THING SIRIUS! THE GUY I L-" Lily stopped mid-sentence, realizing what she was saying, calmed down, and finished," the guy I used to have feelings for, and one of my best friends is back, and you didn't find it at all necessary to tell me?" Dre opened her mouth to comment, but then the compartment swung open, revealing the boy in question.

"PRONGS!" Sirius yelled, almost knocking down Lily, as he ran over to James.

"Nice to see you too, Padfoot," he replied, giving his best friend a lopsided smile, "Moony, Wormtail, Dre, Ree, it's good to see you all, an I wish I could stay longer but, Lily and I have to start our rounds." Lily nodded to him, and he stepped outside.

Before, walking out to meet James, Dre whispered to her, "I have to ask you something later." Lily nodded then walked out of the compartment to do her rounds with James.

The rounds were fairly easy, they only had to tell a couple of first years that the train was arriving soon, and they had to stop two couples from snogging. The two talked a bit, mostly about Hogwarts this year, Lily had made sure not to talk about the last three years during the rounds. They walked back to the Head Compartment, and sat in silence for the last half hour, James reading, Lily writing.

Finally they arrived at Hogwarts, and the two met up with their friends. James had to go with all the first years, as he was to be sorted again. As he was walking away, he heard Sirius grumble, "I don't see why he has to be sorted again. He's just going to be in Gryffindor again." James laughed, as he got into one of the boats, preparing to be sorted.

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Author's Note - Sorry that this was a bit on the short side. I know James seems OOC, but he's actually not. I want to make him a bit quieter on the train, but once he's back with his house again, he'll be his normal self. Chapter 2 will be up soon, and I'll try and make it longer. Next Chapter: James gets sorted, and it's the first day of classes. Please review, and let me know what you think so far. =)

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